Improvement in safety pocket-hooks



P. E. MALMSITRUM @L P. E. DUMMER.

I Sayty Pocket Hooks;V

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AN. PHoraumoG/ww/c ca Mx (aseonuf mams) 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER E. MALMSTRM AND PAUL E. DUMMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY POCKET-HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,742, dated March11, 1873.

' To all whom it may concern:

Beit knownthat we, PETER E. MALMsTRM and PAUL E. DUMMER, both of thecity, county, and State of 'New York, have invented a new and ImprovedSafety Pocket-Hook for Watches and other articles; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanyv ing drawing forming part ofthis specication, in which drawing- Y Figure l represents a horizontalsection of a watch-pocket provided with our safety-hook. Fig. 2 is afront view of the safety-hook detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in a safety pockethook formed at the end of apiece of wire that is bent in the forxn of the letter L and providedwith two eyes in such a manner that said L-shaped wire can be readilysecured to the inner surface cfzthe lining of a pocket, while the hookis passed through a hole in said lining, and is, consequently, situatedinside the pocket 5 and that, when the L-shaped wire and its hook havebeen thus secured, the,

ring of a watch or of any other article can be passed in or out of thehook with ease and facility by the person wearing the garment containingthe safety-pocket, while any attempt to withdraw the watch or otherarticle clandestinely is instantly felt and detected.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a hook, which is formed at theend of an L shaped wire, B. This wire is provided with two eyes, a b,-sothat-it can be readily and conveniently fastened to the inner surface ofthe lining of a pocket by a few stitches of thread passed through saideyes and round the corner ofthe L-shaped shank of said wire.

The point of the hook is slightly curvedA outward and the hight ofthisfcurve touches the shank ot' the L-shaped wire, or nearly so, thehook being made yielding so that the ring of a watch or other articlecan be readily forced into or out of the saine. The elasticity of thehook A is increased by forming the eye a with two coils, lying onebehind the other like a spiral spring. (See Fig. l.)

ln order to secure our safety-hook in a pocket, a hole is cut into thelining to allow the hook to pass, while the L-shaped-wire B is securedto the inner surface of said lining, as shown in Fig. l, the hook beingsituated a convenient distance below the mouth of the pocket.

When the ring of a watch is passed into the Vhook A, as shown, allattempts to withdraw said watch clandestinely will fail, while theperson wearing the garment which contains the safety-pocket can readilyslide the watch back sufficiently to disengage the ring from the hook. e

It is obvious that our" safety-hook can be used for pocket-books orother articles, provided such articles are furnished with a ring to beslipped on our hook.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The safety pocket-hook B, formed with eyes a and b for securing it tothe lining of a pocket, as described, a-nd with a hook, A, at its end,for extending through the lining into the pocket for receiving thearticle to be secured therein, as set forth, all constructed andarranged substantially as described.

P. E. MALMSTRM.

PAUL E. DUMMER.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. G. KAsTENHUBER.

